Romanticism begins at least in the 1770’s and continues into the second half of the 19th century.

It is a
movement that celebrated the individual imagination and intuition that emphasized on emotion and
search for individual rights and liberty. The early Romantic period coincides with the "age of
revolutions”— an age of upheavals in political, economic, and social traditions. Liberty Leading the
People This painting illustrates the July Revolution in Paris (1830) that removed Charles X from the
throne. In this painting, it depicts how people rose and fought for their liberty, and it shows a woman
personifying the godess of Liberty who leads the people forward. The painting was made after the painter
witnessed an open warfare in the streets of Paris which was a protest of the restrictive ordinances made
by Charles X. Liberty Leading the People has a sublime quality because it communicates feelings of
grandeur, intensity and greatness. It has been a source of inspiration for the Statue of Liberty and Victor
Hugo’s renowned novel Les Misérables. Eugene Delacroix French Romantic artist April 26, 1798 in Paris,
France leader of the Romantic movement in 19th-century French art